Council On Scientific Affairs Report

Posted: 06/14/18 11:33 AM

COSA photo 1The Council On Scientific Affairs Report (COSA), held a meeting on May 4, 2018 at the AAO Annual Session. This meeting was to review COSA members’ assignments for the 2018 Annual Session. During Annual Session, COSA members judged 33 Charley Schultz Resident Scholar presentations and 47 Table Clinic presentations. COSA members moderated 28 Oral Research presentations and the Hellman, Sicher, Graber lectures. 346 E-Posters were available for viewing during Annual Session.

The 2018 Charley Schultz Resident Scholar Award winners are:

Basic Science Research

1st place: Chenshuang Li – University of California, Los Angeles; Research titled: Neurexin superfamily member Cntnap4 is a specific receptor of Nell-1 for osteogenesis

2nd place: Kathleen Martin – University of British Columbia; Research titled: Tracing the cellular origins of mesenchymal derivatives in craniofacial development

3rd place: Yina Li – University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Research titled: The role of autophagy during orthodontic tooth movement (OTM)

Applications are being accepted for the 2019 Milo Hellman Research Award, the Harry Sicher Research Award and the Thomas M. Graber Awards of Special Merit. Applications for these awards can be found on the 2019 Annual Session website – https://www.aaoinfo.org/meetings/2019-annual-session. Only the online application will be accepted for these awards. The application deadline is 6:00pm EDT on October 1, 2018.

COSA will be accepting online applications to present Oral Research, Table Clinics and E-Posters at the 2019 AAO Annual Session starting the first week of August 2018. The application deadline is 6:00pm EDT on October 15, 2018.

COSA will be accepting online applications for the Charley Schultz Resident Scholar Award presentations at the 2019 AAO Annual Session starting the first week of December 2018. The first forty residents who apply for the program are accepted. The application deadline is 6:00pm EST on February 15, 2019.